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10-28-2006, 07:24 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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hi, in the books i have (a pocketexpert guide) they say that PinkTail Triggerfish is one of the few triggers that can be kept in a reef. it will usualy ignore sessile inverts but larger specimens may eat ornamental shrimps. Since yours is only 5.5 inch i would try it, but with the biggest cleaner you could get!  _________ 
20Gal high, 25 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65w PC Actinic
Sixline wrasse
RBTA, Montipora digitata, Ricordea, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Zo's, Finger leather, Pulsing xenia, Mushrooms
Skunk cleaner shrimp,Hermits and snails
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10-28-2006, 07:59 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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You may have success with that, but it is easier if the Trigger were added after the shrimp. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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10-28-2006, 08:10 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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IMO Trigger + shrimp =
lunch!
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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10-28-2006, 12:31 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Blade_Runner IMO Trigger + shrimp =
lunch! | +1 You simply cannot dictate a fish's behavior in captivity compared to their behavior in the wild. Just because a shrimp is a cleaner, doesn't mean that fish won't eat it. I learned this the hard way with hawkfish, dottybacks and cardinal fish who decimated over $500 in shrimp in my tanks through the years. | |
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10-28-2006, 05:47 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Yer fair call... sad... o well...
Thanks for your input everyone!! | |
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